CVE-2016-3890

Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-09-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Java Debug Wire Protocol (JDWP) implementation in adb/sockets.cpp in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-09-01 mishandles socket close operations, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28347842.

Affected products

Android: 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.1 (+16)

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92851
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/014b01706cc64dc9c2ad94a96f62e07c058d0b5d
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/268068f25673242d1d5130d96202d3288c91b700
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92851
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/014b01706cc64dc9c2ad94a96f62e07c058d0b5d
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/268068f25673242d1d5130d96202d3288c91b700

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